Cast Iron Foot Valve

In the application where the foot valve is involved, the main concern of the user is letting away of media by the foot valve. This calls for the ‘priming.’ of the pump which is a time-consuming & tedious job. If the “on-off frequency” is more, the trouble rises multi-folds. A heavily leaking foot valve can also give rise to start up trouble to pump as suction line never gets filled completely. A leaking foot valve can cause not only time wastage but also delay in the process industry where water is required at a particular instant.
In a typical case of Fire fighting application, if foot valve leaks, the pump is not started can cause damage to property as well as life.
Even in application in the irrigation / agriculture sector, where electricity is available for a limited time & intermittent (in rural India) priming pump every time/any time of day & night is a loss to pumping time.

With Ball foot valve (Threaded or Flanged) installed the frequent priming is totally avoided for very long span months to years.
Ball foot valves (along with Ball Check & Butterfly valves) are regularly & exclusively recommended by many consultants for many years. The Plumbing, Fire, HVAC, Irrigation contractors are also convinced by the reliability of these valves all leading to customer satisfaction.